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5. Proportion between corn and cob. — There should be a large proportion 

 of grain as compared with the amount of cob, which will be the case with 

 ears having deep kernels. A large ear does not necessarily indicate a 

 heavy yield of grain, and it is especially objectionable because the cob 

 being large contains a considerable amount of moisture which dries out 

 slowly thus injuring the grain for seed purposes. 



6. Color of grain and cob. — Grain should be free from mixture. White 

 corn should have white cobs and yellow com should have red cobs. 



7. Triteness to type or race characteristics. — The ears selected for an 

 exhibit or for breeding purposes should be uniform in size, shape, color, 

 indentation, and size of kernel. They should also be true to the name of 

 the variety. 



AWARD OF PRIZES FOR EXHIBITS OF FRUIT AT THE STATE 



FAIR 



At the sixty-ninth annual New York State Fair, September 13-18 

 1909, prizes were offered for the best exhibit of fruit made by any boys 

 and girls' club in the State, and for the best individual display 

 made by any boy or girl in the State. The club prize of twenty dollars 

 was given to the Seneca Sharp Eyes, Seneca, New York, teacher Miss 

 Susan Moore. The prize of ten dollars for the best display made by 

 one child was given to Phil Rupert of Seneca. 



What are the New York State boys and girls going to send to the 

 Fair next year? This competition was open to all the schools of New 

 York State. Was your school represented? If not, why not? 



We are hoping that next year at the New York State Fair we shall 

 have exhibits from hundreds of our Clubs and from hundreds of children 

 who care to make individual exhibits. 



The superintendent of the fruit department at the State Fair, Prof. 

 Chas. S. Wilson of the New York State College of Agriculture, is much 

 interested in boys and girls. It is an opportunity for them to know him 

 and to have him take an interest in what they are doing in fruit rais- 

 ing on their farms. 











